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How to get information about an image (picture) from the Linux command-line?

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Mar 15, 2026417750 views
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I'm working on a web app and currently migrating some stuff from an old app, but I hate that I have to open an image editor to get some info about images I'm migrating. Things like image dimensions. Is there a command line tool I can use for such tasks in Linux?

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For some image formats you can just use the command: Not all image formats report the size (JPEG most notably doesn't): For those you will have to use something more elaborate, like: The command is part of the ImageMagick package.

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